King James Version
Mark 7:28 in the King James Version says “And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.”
Mark 7:28 · KJV
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Greek: or, Gentile Greek: or, Gentile
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“she answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“said”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“the table”
G5132a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal); also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans
“eat”
G2068used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by g5315; to eat (usually literal)
“of”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the children's”
G3813a childling (of either sex), i.e., (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature christian
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